Thurston Moore has announced details of his new album, The Best Day.
The album was recorded with Debbie Googe of My Bloody Valentine as well as Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley and Chrome Hoof guitarist James Sedwards. The Best Day will be released on October 21 through Matador. Hear the album title track below.
This week, Thurston Moore announced further details of his new solo album, The Best Day, featuring former Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley and My Bloody Valentine’s Debbie Googe. To whet your appetite for the new tracks, here’s a piece from Uncut’s December 2006 issue (Take 115) – judging by this, perhaps The Best Day will sound like a cross between John Coltrane, the Ramones and Yes…
Beck has unveiled a new version of his recent stand-alone single "I Won't Be Long", this time featuring Kim Gordon.
The track follows another new song, "Defriended", which Beck unveiled last month. The new, 15 minute long version of "I Won't Be Long" features a spoken word segment by the former Sonic Youth member. Listen to the track here.
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Ahead of the release of his memoir I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp, Richard Hell - the pioneer of New York punk - is set to answer your questions in Uncut as part of our regular Audience With… feature.

So is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask him?
What are his memories of playing CBGBs in its heyday?
What was it like touring the UK with The Clash in 1977?
Does he regret not touring with the Dim Stars, his band with Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley?
Thurston Moore had his 1960 Fender Jazzmaster stolen on Wednesday (December 12).
The incident occurred around midnight at a Philadelphia hotel, reports a message on Sonic Youth's website.
Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore has unveiled his brand new band, Chelsea Light Moving.
As well as Moore, the band also features Keith Moore on guitar, Samara Lubelski on bass and John Moloney on drums.
The band's first release, "Burroughs", is inspired by the last words of Beat author William Burroughs, reports Spin.
You can listen to the track at Matadorrecords.com.
The band are set to air another track later this week.
It came as something of a surprise the other day to discover that it’s been something like eight years since Jim O’Rourke released a new solo album. In the interim, he’s not been entirely quiet, as involvement with Sonic Youth and the Loose Fur project with Jeff Tweedy and Glenn Kotche, as well as sundry other lower-profile activities prove.
I’m conscious that, with the Lemonheads and Sonic Youth posts last week, the blog’s slightly in danger of degenerating into something of a dewy-eyed home for alt-rock fans who were students in the late ‘80s. But unfortunately, I’m going to have to keep this going for a while longer, since the new Dinosaur Jr album represents another band of that generation sustaining their current run of form.
